Kibbutz Week 1: Work, Drama, and Farewells

YO! Alright, so my first week at the kibbutz just ended. It was a long week, not really hard, just exhausting. My job here is in the dining hall, that basically means that I'm standing all day organizing dishes, silverware, etc etc into their designated places and cleaning, it can get pretty boring but all the people I work with now are pretty cool, I like them all. the reason why I said that "the people I work with now" is because the first week we had a couple people that literally wouldn't do any work, and if you know me, that ain't how I roll homeboy, I'm a workhorse, everyone has to be pulling their own weight, but luckily, they left - one left the kibbutz and the other got a different job somewhere - so now its all just people I like. Thank god.

The food is okay, I pointed out in the last post that I have access to 3 meals a day, and my life basically revolves around food so this is a great thing, even though sometimes I eat something that I have no idea what it is, it either looks funny or I cant pronounce it, but what the hell, I like to try new things, the worst that could happen is that I don't like it. I haven't had anything completely horrid yet, which is nice. Oh! and I think I finally got used to the salads, I can honestly say that I have at least one salad a day, this is basically the healthiest I've ever eaten... Ever.

I miss working out in a proper gym, the one here isn't that great but it's suffice, I could do all my workouts here and it's really hilly here so the running is different, better than running on flat land in Florida. I miss fast food, not really, but I miss that I could leave work and go to a Burger King to get some quick cholesterol packed fake meat burgers that are horrible for you but taste so good. I miss my family, being able to see them every weekend, seeing my sisters at my job and walking the dogs with my mom or dad, and the biggest one of all - family dinners - my old man can grill some bloody good steak and burgers.

Even though I miss all of those things, the people here keep me busy, and I feel like I'm wanted and at home here,  it's kinda like one big effed up family which is not a bad thing, I love effed up! all of these peoples different characters and attitudes mixing up like one big bowl of soup is awesome! we have French, Colombian, Ecuadorian, Russian, Ukrainian, American, German, Chinese, Japanese, and South African people living here (and in the kibbutz community it's a mix of literally almost every country I could think of) and we all have something to bring to the table. Getting to know these people is pretty interesting, My roommate is teaching me some Russian and I'm teaching him some English, I'm also trying to learn some Ukrainian and I also want to learn some German as well. Every single person here is great, well, almost but none of us are perfect, sh** who would want to be perfect anyways? Not me.

There has been some drama, I don't really know much of the details but to break it down for you nosy people it went something like this - there's a couple that lived together and a new person (who is really sweet and nice) came to the kibbutz, the couple in general are pretty lazy and loud and they kind of refused to split up so the new person could have a room which then lead to a few arguments and some drama and then at the end, the new person got into the room and the couple was kicked put of the kibbutz entirely. My take on this is that the the two "lovers" were indeed infatuated with each other and literally couldn't stand being more than 5 feet away from each other 24/7 which is pretty freaking weird in my mind, I love my space from my significant other (and just to make things clear, i don't have a significant other nor do I plan to any time soon). The couple dealt with this problem the wrong way, just listen and obey what the person above you tells you and you'll be better off, stubborn bastards, but hey, young love makes people blind right? But look here, drama is a good thing, a calm home is just a passive aggressive home with people who keep everything inside, we all need to release our steam and frustration someway, just not like that LOL.

On Saturday, I was invited to go out with a few of the people that I work with to the springs, and my god it's beautiful there, the water was perfect (besides the fact that I kept on slipping on every bloody rock and almost broke my damn ankle a few times), the view was beautiful, and the people That I was with were really cool. The coolest thing was the fish that nibble on you when you're in the water, it totally freaked me the eff out at first it was oddly satisfying, sorta felt like a massage, I'll definitely be going back sometime. We had a little picnic which was nice, some wine, talked about random stuff, got to know the people a little more and then went home to end the week. It was a great way to end a great week.

Sadly, one of the volunteers will be leaving next week, and  shes one of the sweetest and nicest volunteers here, shes not just sweet but shes bloody gorgeous as well, but in life people come and go.  I wish her the best of luck in her endeavors.

Anyways, I think thats about it, I'll post again next week, message me if any of y'all want to talk, my contact information is on the column on the right side of the screen.

Till Next Time!





 Here's another picture of my view in the kibbutz

                                       
And here's a few from the picnic

                                           
Look at that handsome young lad ;)